Finally, S is for straining bonds .

And it's like your eyes start straining to see themselves.

You try straining it through cheesecloth, but it doesn t do much good.

The demands and expectations it had to meet were straining its capacity.

Tough luck! You're straining all your muscles against the poor Syrian people.

The aging population is straining the public pension and healthcare systems beyond sustainability.

However, the growing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers are straining the asylum system.

A coiled spring of men, ships and planes straining to be released against us.

It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.

France vigorously opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq, straining bilateral relations with the US and the UK.

Enzymes lower that activation energy and speed the reaction through team MODS microenvironment, orientation, direct participation, and straining bonds.

All that new reading material meant more knowledge was circulating, but it also meant that more people were straining their eyes,

the Central Pacific had broken through the wall of the high Sierras and was straining eastward across the flatlands of Nevada.

Just look at him measuring his strength with the youngsters, straining his flabby muscles to show off in front of that cute girl.

For Central Americans, the cost of drugs will soar, straining budgets and gutting health care. The result may be a death sentence for many.

And they bear your burdens to towns , which you could not reach except by straining yourselves . Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful .

And they bear your burdens to towns , which you could not reach except by straining yourselves . Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful .

In addition, populations unable to return to mined villages, or unable to find traditional employment, congregate in urban areas, straining already overburdened social welfare systems.

Straining the ocean for plastic would be beyond the budget of any country and it might kill untold amounts of sea life in the process.

We therefore emphasize the importance of attaining international consensus on identifying new and innovative sources for development funding without straining the resources of other developing countries.

United Nations and other organizations, including non governmental organizations, have had to increase their emergency humanitarian relief substantially, straining resources available for reconstruction and development efforts.

The moral case for a wealth tax is more compelling than usual today, with unemployment still at recession levels, and with deep economic inequality straining social norms.

Naturally, the Serb and Croat population in Bosnia and Herzegovina could not accept such a policy, which is now severely straining the Croat Muslim federation as well.

While Abe has not acted on these campaign statements, some observers remain convinced that he will visit Yasukuni at some point, further straining Japan s relations with South Korea and China.

The number of people in the world who have been forced to flee their homes as refugees has risen to a record level, straining the resources available for their relief.

Overreaction and herding behavior by market participants could trigger a sudden reversal of capital inflows, with a severe dollar shortage as occurred in 1997 and 2008 straining Asian banks and corporations.

But it has nothing to do with the significance and complexity of the tectonic historical forces now grinding their way forward, straining and beginning to tear asunder the region s political landscape.

He pushed the glass door with such force that all the panes rang he stepped out, and I held my breath, straining my ears without knowing what else I expected to hear.

Noting the immediate response by the Government of the Philippines to this ecological disaster, which is straining its limited resources in the needed massive clean up operations, and its request for international support,

In another worrisome development, a group of Chadian deserters took refuge in the Darfur region, straining relations between the Sudan and Chad and adding yet another destabilizing factor to the complex regional picture.

8. The Declaration and the Strategy did not foresee the proliferation of conflicts and related emergency situations. They are diverting attention from long term development needs and straining the resources of the United Nations system.

We have failed to meet the targets we set poverty and infectious disease remain rampant tensions from war and terrorism are straining the fabric of international security the proliferation of weapons of all kinds generates fear and threatens domestic peace.

As the Soviet Union steadily disintegrated, with virtually all of its 15 republics straining at the leash, Yeltsin gained the leadership of the largest the Russian Federation which placed him in a tactical alliance with independence campaigners in Ukraine, the Baltic states, and Georgia.

The magnitude of the phenomenon was straining not only the efforts of the international agencies first and foremost UNHCR but also the ability and good will of many countries of asylum, placing considerable burdens on their economies and undermining their social stability through increased xenophobia.

The problem resides in the reimbursements to the Fund, which have on average taken six to eight months a factor which is straining the capacity of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund (CERF) to respond to new emergencies, with the available resources currently at the level of 19 million.

Joint inter agency missions that have visited a number of the countries of the region to assess requirements for humanitarian assistance and longer term development assistance have emphasized both the need to develop a well coordinated system wide programme and to avoid straining further the absorptive capacity of the countries concerned.

Joint inter agency missions that have visited a number of the countries of the region to assess requirements for humanitarian assistance and longer term development assistance have emphasized both the need to develop a well coordinated system wide programme and to avoid straining further the absorptive capacity of the countries concerned.

I found that it was as well for me to rest on my oars and wait his reappearing as to endeavor to calculate where he would rise for again and again, when I was straining my eyes over the surface one way, I would suddenly be startled by his unearthly laugh behind me.